Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council | |
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Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Founded | 1 April 2015 |
Preceded by |
Ballymoney Borough Council Coleraine Borough Council Limavady Borough Council Moyle District Council |
Leadership | |
Mayor |
Joan Baird, UUP |
Structure | |
Seats | 40 |
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Political groups |
DUP (12) UUP (8) Sinn Féin (7) SDLP (6) TUV (3) Alliance (1) PUP (1) NI Conservatives (1) Independents (1) |
Elections | |
Last election | 22 May 2014 |
Website | |
http://www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk/ |
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is a local authority in Northern Ireland that was established on 1 April 2015. It covers most of the northern coast of Northern Ireland and replaced Ballymoney Borough Council, Coleraine Borough Council, Limavady Borough Council and Moyle District Council. The first elections to the authority were on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority, prior to the creation of the Causeway Coast and Glens district on 1 April 2015.
Mayoralty
Mayor
From | To | Name | Party | |
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2015 | 2016 | Michelle Knight-McQuillan | DUP | |
2016 | 2017 | Maura Hickey | SDLP | |
2017 | 2018 | Joan Baird | UUP |
Deputy Mayor
From | To | Name | Party | ||||||
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2015 | 2016 | Darryl Wilson | UUP | ||||||
2016 | 2017 | James McCorkell | DUP | ||||||
2017 | 2018 | Cathal McLaughlin | Sinn Féin | 2018 | present | Trevor Clarke | DUP |
Councillors
For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):[1]
Area | Seats |
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Ballymoney | 7 |
Bann | 5 |
Benbradagh | 5 |
Causeway | 7 |
Coleraine | 6 |
Limavady | 5 |
The Glens | 5 |
Seat summary
Party | Elected 2014 |
Current 2017 | |
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DUP | 11 | 12 | |
UUP | 10 | 8 | |
Sinn Féin | 7 | 7 | |
SDLP | 6 | 6 | |
TUV | 3 | 3 | |
Alliance | 1 | 1 | |
PUP | 1 | 1 | |
NI Conservatives | 0 | 1 | |
Independents | 1 | 1 |
Last update 26 November 2017.[2]
Councillors by electoral area
Current council members | |||
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District electoral area | Name | Party | |
Ballymoney | John Finlay | DUP | |
Cathal McLaughlin † | Sinn Féin | ||
William Blair | TUV | ||
Ian Stevenson | DUP | ||
Darryl Wilson | UUP | ||
Tom McKeown | UUP | ||
Alan McLean | DUP | ||
Bann | William King | UUP | |
Michelle Knight-McQuillan | DUP | ||
Richard Holmes | UUP | ||
Sam Cole | DUP | ||
Róisín Loftus | SDLP | ||
Benbradagh | Seán McGlinchey | Sinn Féin | |
Boyd Douglas | TUV | ||
Tony McCaul | Sinn Féin | ||
Orla Beattie | SDLP | ||
Dermott Nicholl | Sinn Féin | ||
Causeway | Frank Campbell | DUP | |
Mark Fielding | DUP | ||
Chris McCaw † | Alliance | ||
Sandra Hunter | UUP | ||
Norman Hillis | UUP | ||
Sharon McKillop | TUV | ||
Angela Mulholland † | SDLP | ||
Coleraine | Russell Watton | PUP | |
Stephanie Quigley | SDLP | ||
George Duddy | DUP | ||
Trevor Clarke | DUP | ||
William McCandless | UUP | ||
David Harding ‡‡ | NI Conservatives | ||
Limavady | Alan Robinson | DUP | |
James McCorkell | DUP | ||
Brenda Chivers | Sinn Féin | ||
John Deighan | SDLP | ||
Aaron Callan ‡ | DUP | ||
The Glens | Joan Baird | UUP | |
Cara McShane | Sinn Féin | ||
Margaret McKillop | SDLP | ||
Padraig McShane | Independent | ||
Kieran Mulholland | Sinn Féin | ||
†: Co-opted to fill a vacancy since the election. ‡: New party affiliation since the election. Last update 26 November 2017.
For further details see Causeway Coast and Glens District Council election, 2014.
Population
The area covered by the new Council has a population of 140,877 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.deac-ni.org/index/current-review-of-district-electoral-areas/final_ni_overview__300dpi_a1_.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
- ↑ "Open Council Data UK - Northern Ireland councils". opencouncildata.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
- ↑ "NI Census 2011 - Key Statistics Summary Report, September 2014" (PDF). NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 28 September 2014.